Joel Rosenblatt reports: Google Inc. (GOOG) won dismissal of a lawsuit challenging its privacy policy allowing it to co-mingle user data across different products because the plaintiffs didn’t convince a judge they suffered losses as a result. U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal in San Jose, California, yesterday agreed with Google that the plaintiffs failed to claim any injury…
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Privacy implications of facial recognition back in the spotlight
Jessica Guynn reports: U.S. policymakers are taking a closer look at facial recognition, thrusting privacy concerns over the controversial technology back into the spotlight. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a division of the Commerce Department, said Tuesday it planned to study the technology and its use in the private sector. The announcement comes after…
Amazon ‘drones’ stir up privacy concerns among lawmakers
Marguerite Reardon reports: Getting a special delivery package from Amazon.com via unmanned drones may sound pretty cool, but at least one Washington, DC, lawmaker is concerned about the possible threat such services would have on privacy. On Sunday night, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos showed off how unmanned aerial vehicles, otherwise known as “drones,” could be used…
How the Snowden leak is changing the tech landscape
Revelations about the extent of the surveillance programmes undertaken by the NSA and GCHQ – as well as their efforts to undermine online security and encryption – have provoked fierce reaction around the world, sparking technical innovations, legal challenges, and moves towards political reform. Read more on The Guardian.